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I W. J. STEINBREDER STAKE Filed Dec. 18', 1925 A rromvzvs Patented an13, was.

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VIILLYAM' J. S ZEENBREDER, G15 ST. LOUIS,

rarssonnr, ASSIGNOB or onn-nannro OF MISSOURI.

STAKE Application filed December 18, 1925. Serial No. 76,268.

This invention relates generally to stakes, and particularly to stake ofthe type adapted to be driven into the ground and to which a guy, orsimilar connecting element, may be attached, the predominant objectof-the invention being to produce a metallic staire which is soconstructed that the eien entscomprising said stake may be formed andsaid elements assembled by die operations, thus greatly reducing thecost of manufacturing said stake.

Stakes of the type disclosed herein are employed to secure tent ropes tothe ground, but in most cases the stakes used for this purposeheretofore were either constructed of wood and as a consequence wereeasily broken, or were made of metal and were comparatively. expensive.Because of its durability and relatively low cost of man ufacture, thestake disclosed herein is well adapted for use as a tent stake, and thedisadvantages encountered in connection with tent stakes formerly usedare eliminated in the use of the stake disclosed herein.

Nith the foregoing and other objects in View, the invention comprisesthe novel con struction, combination and arrangement of partshereinafter more specifically described and illustrated in theaccompanying rawings, wherein is shown the preferred embodiment of theinvention. However, it is to be understood that the inventioncomprehends changes, variations and modifications which come within thescope of the claim hereunto appended- V Fig. I is a perspective of myimproved stake.

Fig. II is a front elevation of the stalre illustrated in Fig. I.

Fig. III is an enlarged cross section taken approximately on lineIII-III of Fig. II.

Fig. IV is an enlarged cross section taken approximately on line IVIV ofFig. 11, and looking in the direction indicated by the arrow.

In the drawing A designates my improved stake which comprises a bodyportion B and a retaining element C. The body portion B of my improvedstake tapers toward the lower end thereof to facilitate driving thestake into the ground, and said body portion B is approximately \l'-shaped in cross section, as shown in Fig. IV, whereby added rigidity isgiven to said body portion. The body portion B tapers in two directionstoward its lower end; in other words, when yiewed in front elevationsaid body portion is tapering as shown in Fig. H, and also when viewedin side elevation the wings B ofsaid body portion are shown to besubstantially wider at the upper portion of the body portion B than theyare at the lower end of said body portion.

The retaining element C ofmy improved stake preferably comprises a shortsection of rod bent to provide a pair ofportions C, which are arrangedapproximately parallel with but offset from each other, and an integralintermediate portion C which connects said portions G? together. Thebody portion B is provided with an aerture I) adjacent to its upper endwhic is intended for a purpose to be hereinafter set forth.

In the assembled stalre one of the portions C of the retaining element Cis arranged at the upper portion of the body portion B of the stake, andthe material at said upper portion of said body portion is drawn aroundsaid portion C by means of suitable dies so that a cylindrical portion Bis provided the wall of which closely embraces said portion C of saidretaining element as shown in Fig. 1. Extended outwardly from and formedintegral with the wall of the cylindrical portion B is a pair ofparallel flanges B, said flanges being capable of being drawn togetherby dies to cause the wall of the cylindrical portion B to contact firmlywith the face of the portion C within said cylindrical portion. Theflanges B are continuations of the edge portions of the wings B of thebody portion B, as shown in Fig. I, there being outwardly curvedportions B WfllCll connect said flanges with said wings. Theintermediate portion C" of the retaining element C is extended throughthe aperture D, and the portion G of said retaining element associatedwith the portion G thereof which is arranged within the cylindricalportion B is arranged parallel with and spaced apart from the outer faceof the body portion B. This arrangement provides the stake with a hookbeneath which the guy or tent rope may be looped and which willprevent'said guy or tent rope fronrbeing tion G of the retainingelement, may also disconnected from the stake by being drawn over thetop thereof.

The frietionai grip between the wall of the cylindrical portion B and?the portion of the retaining element C located therein, together withthe fact that said retaining element passes through the aperture D,would in all probability be sufiicient to prevent any movement of saidretaining element relative to said body portion, but as an addedprecaution I may provide the portion C of the retaining element C whichis located within said cylindrical portion with oppositely disposeddepressions E into which portions of the wall of the cylindrical portionare forced in any suitable manner. In this way the cylindrical portionand the retaining element are positively locked together.

From the foregoing it is plain that the body portion of the stakedisclosed herein may be stamped out and shaped by die portions, and alsothat the retaining element C of my improved stake may be shaped by dieoperations. Also it is apparent that the assembling of said elements toproduce the completed stake, that is, the shaping of the cylindricalportion B around the porlie accomplished by die operations.

In addition to functioning as a socket which receives a portion of theretaining eiement C, the cylindrical portion B of the body portion Bprovides the stake with a durable head portion which is capable ofwithstanding heavy blows when the stake is being driven into the ground.

I claim:

A stake comprising a body portion having an end portion approximatelyV-shaped in cross section adapted to be driven into the ground, aretaining element, an end portion of said body portion being shaped toprovide a cylindrical wall having out wardly extended flanges formedintegral therewith, a portion of said retaining element being arrangedwithin said cylindrical wall, and means whereby said retaining elementis rigidly fixed to said cylindrical wall, said retaining element beingextended through an aperture in said body portion and being shaped toprovide a hook arranged adjacent to the outer face of said body portion.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I hereunto afiix my signature.

lVILLIAM J. STEINBREDER.

